10 research outputs found
Steady-State and Transient Currents in Organic Liquids by Injection from a Tunnel Cathode
Experimental data are presented on the currents induced in organic liquids by injection from a tunnel cathode. The injection level was varied over a wide range resulting in almost no spaceācharge limitation to almost complete spaceācharge limitation. Results were different from that usually observed in solids, in that at low fields, the steadyāstate current was proportional to VĀ², while at high fields the current was proportional to V. By proper choice of electrode spacing and applied voltage, spaceāchargeālimited current transients as low as 10ā»Ā¹Ā¹ AācmĀ² and 5 sec transit times were observed. A smooth transition between the electrodeālimited and the spaceācharge limited regimes was achieved by varying the junction voltage that varied the injection level
Hot electron injection into dense argon, nitrogen, and hydrogen
Hot electrons have been injected into very dense argon, nitrogen, and hydrogen gases and liquids. The currentāvoltage characteristics are experimentally determined for densities (N) of argon, nitrogen, and hydrogen ranging from about 10Ā²ā° to 10Ā²Ā² cmā»Ā³ and applied fields (E) ranging from about 10 to 10ā“ V cmā»Ā¹. The argon data show a square root EāN dependence of the current. The nitrogen and hydrogen data show a complicated dependence of the current on EāN due to the rapid thermalization in the region of the image potential of the injected electrons through inelastic collision processes not present in argon. A hydrodynamicātwoāfluid model is developed to analyze the nitrogen and hydrogen data. From the analysis of our data, we obtain the density dependence of the momentum exchange scattering cross section and the energy relaxation time for the injected hot electrons
New Thin-Film Tunnel Triode Using Amorphous Semiconductors
A new thināfilm tunnel triode is discussed which uses a pātype amorphous film to achieve amplification of injected current from a tunnel cathode. It is not only the basis for a new semiconductor device but also suggests a novel method for measuring electrical properties of semiconductors
Erratum: Environmental Swap Energy and Role of Configurational Entropy in Transfer of Small Molecules from Water into Alkanes
Presents correction to an article related to configurational entropy in transfer of small molecules from water into alkanes, published in the 2005 issue of The Journal Chemical Physics and is available online at: http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/836
Comment on Electron Scattering in the Image Potential Well
Comments are made on the model of electron injection into SiOā proposed by Berglund and Powell. Their assumptions on electron scattering, disregarding the change of the escape cone with the distance from the emitter, lead to serious underestimation of the injected current. Two alternative models of electron injection, based solely on elastic scattering are discussed and do not predict the experimental results. We suggest that observed field dependence of the injected current into SiOā indicates that energy relaxation associated with the injected electrons is responsible for the voltage dependence of the current
Environmental Swap Energy and Role of Configurational Entropy in Transfer of Small Molecules from Water into Alkanes
We studied the effect of segmented solvent molecules on the free energy of transfer of small molecules from water into alkanes (hexane, heptane, octane, decane, dodecane, tetradecane, and hexadecane). For these alkanes we measured partition coefficients of benzene, 3-methylindole (3MI), 2,3,4,6-tetrachlorophenol (TeCP), and 2,4,6-tribromophenol (TriBP) at 3, 11, 20, 3, and 47āĀ°C. For 3MI, TeCP, and TriBP the dependence of free energy of transfer on length of alkane chains was found to be very different from that for benzene. In contrast to benzene, the energy of transfer for 3MI, TeCP, and TriBP was independent of the number of carbons in alkanes. To interpret data, we used the classic FloryāHuggins (FH) theory of concentrated polymer solutions for the alkane phase. For benzene, the measured dependence of energy of transfer on the number of carbons in alkanes agreed well with predictions based on FH model in which the size of alkane segments was obtained from the ratio of molar volumes of alkanes and the solute. We show that for benzene, the energy of transfer can be divided into two components, one called environmental swap energy (ESE), and one representing the contribution of configurational entropy of alkane chains. For 3MI, TeCP, and TriBP the contribution of configurational entropy was not measurable even though the magnitude of the effect predicted from the FH model for short chain alkanes was as much as 20 times greater than experimental uncertainties. From the temperature dependence of ESE we obtained enthalpy and entropy of transfer for benzene, 3MI, TeCP, and TriBP. Experimental results are discussed in terms of a thermodynamic cycle considering creation of cavity, insertion of solute, and activation of solute-medium attractive interactions. Our results suggest that correcting experimental free energy of transfer by FloryāHuggins configurational entropy term is not generally appropriate and cannot be applied indiscriminately.
An Erratum has been published and is located here: http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/836
Cryogenic thin-film electron emitters
Thināfilm electron emitters are described, which operate below 200Ā°K and below a limiting critical applied voltage (Ī½c) in a stable temperatureāindependent regime. Currentāvoltage characteristics and normal electron energy distributions are presented. Fabrication and operation criteria are outlined. Comparison with temperatureādependent emitters is made, and possible conduction mechanisms discussed briefly
Hot Electron Injection into Liquid Argon from a Tunnel Cathode
Hot electrons from a tunnel cathode have been injected into liquid argon (99.998% pure) at 87Ā°K. The current vs voltage characteristics indicate that the injected hot electrons thermalize very slowly, losing their energy only by elastic scattering processes and finally by capture by the dilute impurities. The deduced thermalization time and distance are very long compared with that in helium, where bubble formation is responsible for energy loss
Electrophoretic mobility of sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles ā Analytical model includes amino acid residues of A+P+N domain of Ca2+-ATPase and charged lipids
AbstractThis work is an experimental and theoretical study of electrostatic and hydrodynamic properties of the surface of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membrane using particle electrophoresis. The essential structural components of SR membrane include a lipid matrix and a dense layer of Ca2+-ATPases embedded in the matrix. The Ca2+-ATPase layer both drives and impedes vesicle mobility. To analyze the experimental mobility data, obtained at pH4.0, 4.7, 5.0, 6.0, 7.5, and 9.0 in 0.1M monovalent (1:1) electrolyte, an analytical solution for the vesicle mobility and electroosmotic flow velocity distribution was obtained by solving the PoissonāBoltzmann and the NavierāStokesāBrinkman equations. The electrophoretic mobility model includes two sets of charges that represent: (a) charged lipids of the lipid matrix of the vesicle core, and (b) charged amino acid residues of APN domains of Ca2+-ATPases. APN domains are assumed to form a charged plane displaced from the surface of lipid matrix. The charged plane is embedded in a frictional layer that represents the surface layer of calcium pumps. Electrophoretic mobility is driven by the charged APN domain and by lipid matrix while the surface layer provides hydrodynamic friction. The charge of APN domain is determined by ionized amino acid residues obtained from the amino acid composition of SERCA1a Ca2+-ATPase. Agreement between the measured and the predicted mobility is evaluated by the weighted sum of mobility deviation squared. This model reproduces the experimental dependence of mobility on pH and predicts that APN domains are located in the upper half of the SR vesicle surface layer
Electrophoretic Mobility of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Vesicles is Determined by Amino Acids of A + P + N Domains of Ca2+āATPase
Establishing the origin of electrophoretic mobility of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) vesicles is the primary goal of this work. It was found that the electrophoretic mobility originates from ionizable amino acids of cytoplasmic domains of the Ca2+āATPase, the calcium pump of SR. The mobility was measured at pH 4.0, 4.7, 5.0, 6.0, 7.5, and 9.0 in the region of ionic strength from 0.05 to 0.2 M. Mobility measurements were supplemented by studies of SR vesicles by photoelectron microscopy. The median diameter of SR vesicles was 260 nm. Ca2+āATPases were not resolved. The mobility data were standardized by interpolation to a reference ionic strength of 0.1 M. The mobility of the SR vesicles is determined by the charge of the Ca2+āATPase. It is due to the ionizable amino acids selected from the amino acid sequence of SERCA1a Ca2+āATPase. The pH dependence of charge residing in various domains of Ca2+āATPase was computed using pKa values in free water. The charge correlated with measured mobility. It was shown that a linear relationship exists between the mobility of the SR vesicles, Ī¼, and the total computed charge, Q, on three cytoplasmic domains of Ca2+āATPase: A, P, and N. It is given by Ī¼ = Ī± + Ī² Q where the fitted values Ī² = (0.043 Ā± 0.002) Ć 10ā8 m2 Vā1 sā1 eā1 and Ī± = (0.16 Ā± 0.02) Ć 10ā8 m2 Vā1 sā1. Since Ī² and Ī± values do not change from pH 4 to pH 9, one concludes that the hydrodynamic friction of the cytoplasmic domains of SR is independent of their charge